Stevie Johnson just doesn't get it (1 Viewer)

[OC Zed]

Stevie will be franchise tagged.

Yeesh...I hope not.

I'd rather see a long-term deal, but I can live with the franchise tag. It keeps him here for another year and forces him to be on his best behavior.

 

[OC Zed]

A good discussion on Stevie's future by M. Gaughn and R. McKissic from the Buffalo News

 

[Steve Tasker]

Stevie will be franchise tagged.

Yeesh...I hope not.

I'd rather see a long-term deal, but I can live with the franchise tag. It keeps him here for another year and forces him to be on his best behavior.

It also means that they have to pay him top 5 WR money for the year. Knowing the Bills history, I'm sure they'll have the cap room and wouldn't use it otherwise, but Stevie's not a top 5 WR in the NFL. Top 15-20, maybe....I don't have a problem with him, but he's not THAT good.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Buffalo has already indicated that they won't franchise Johnson. The franchise number would be $9.5M for next year. Johnson is rumored to want $7.5M a year. Paying him $2M more than that number doesn't make sense.

 

[OC Zed]

Stevie will be franchise tagged.

Yeesh...I hope not.

I'd rather see a long-term deal, but I can live with the franchise tag. It keeps him here for another year and forces him to be on his best behavior.

It also means that they have to pay him top 5 WR money for the year. Knowing the Bills history, I'm sure they'll have the cap room and wouldn't use it otherwise, but Stevie's not a top 5 WR in the NFL. Top 15-20, maybe....I don't have a problem with him, but he's not THAT good.

Sure, but it's only 1 year. And it's $1.5-2 million beyond what Johnson is already seeking for a long-term deal.

 

[OC Zed]

Buffalo has already indicated that they won't franchise Johnson. The franchise number would be $9.5M for next year. Johnson is rumored to want $7.5M a year. Paying him $2M more than that number doesn't make sense.

I hadn't heard that before... link? It is contrary to what the Buffalo News beat writers were discussing today.

 

[General Tso]

Really.... Who cares? This is an entertainment business and he thought he was entertaining. You know, the NFL thinks it knows how to make a buck but it doesn't. They are so f'ing stupid with these No Fun League rules. It's bad business. Plain and simple.

 

[General Tso]

Really.... Who cares? This is an entertainment business and he thought he was entertaining. You know, the NFL thinks it knows how to make a buck but it doesn't. They are so f'ing stupid with these No Fun League rules. It's bad business. Plain and simple.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Buffalo has already indicated that they won't franchise Johnson. The franchise number would be $9.5M for next year. Johnson is rumored to want $7.5M a year. Paying him $2M more than that number doesn't make sense.

I hadn't heard that before... link? It is contrary to what the Buffalo News beat writers were discussing today.

That was from Chris Brown. I know he doesn't know everything, but I think he has a pretty good feel for what's going on inside the organization.

 

[OC Zed]

Buffalo has already indicated that they won't franchise Johnson. The franchise number would be $9.5M for next year. Johnson is rumored to want $7.5M a year. Paying him $2M more than that number doesn't make sense.

I hadn't heard that before... link? It is contrary to what the Buffalo News beat writers were discussing today.

That was from Chris Brown. I know he doesn't know everything, but I think he has a pretty good feel for what's going on inside the organization.

This post?

1 – Chris,

Can you confirm that it would cost the Bills $9.4M to franchise Stevie Johnson for next year?

Thanks,

Jason K.

CB: Your number is in the range projected for 2012. In 2011 the franchise tag for a wide receiver was $11.3 million, but that number is going to come down considerably in 2012. That’s because under the new CBA the franchise tag figure will no longer be the average of the top five salaries at the position. Instead it will be the average of the highest-paid player at the position in each of the last five years.

So the number won’t be reached with just salary figures from 2011, but from 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. That’s going to drive the figure down. Estimates are pegging the wide receiver figure to be between $9.4 and $9.8 million depending on whether the salary cap stays flat at $120M or goes up to $125M.

I’m not convinced that the Bills will make use of the franchise tag, especially in light of reports that Johnson is looking for less than the projected franchise figure per season. Signing him up long term would likely prove to be the better option.

This sounds like they wouldn't use the franchise tag because they would resign him to a long-term deal.

 

[General Tso]

In the near future we will see creativity like this be rewarded. Football is entertainment. Personalities are entertaining. Not hard to understand.